From Deseret News archives:
Districts talking small
Officials to push feasibility study
The south-valley, east-side cities are preparing to approve a joint feasibility study. A legislative ad-hoc committee on small schools is expected to finalize a bill for the Legislature. And the Utah School Public Relations Association is hosting a small school-district meeting.
Four local-government councils plan to meet today to approve an agreement for a feasibility study on creating a new school district. Salt Lake County, Draper, Cottonwood Heights and Midvale will meet today at 1:45 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively. The new district would include Alta, Cottonwood Heights, Draper, Midvale, Salt Lake County and Sandy.
Alta will meet Thursday to discuss the agreement, while Sandy will discuss the issue at a future council meeting, most likely next Tuesday.
A feasibility study is one of the final steps needed before municipalities can take the issue to voters. HB 77, a law passed during the 2006 legislative session, allows cities to split from large school districts and create their own locally controlled district.
City leaders have expressed concern with the new law, saying it is vague about cities that cover two counties, what happens to district property and where current teachers and school board officials would go.
An ad-hoc group of legislators and local officials met earlier this month to discuss a draft bill that would further clarify the original. That bill will be finalized on Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Capitol's West Building, Room 110.
Also, the Utah School Public Relations Association plans to meet Friday to discuss small school districts. The meeting will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at 9301 Wright Ford Road (3400 West), at the Jordan Applied Technology Center.
E-mail: astowell@desnews.com
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